Members of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Wetlands and Clean Water Working Group applauded statements made by the Obama administration supporting a legislative fix to the long-standing confusion over federal protections of the nation’s ri
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Cloudveil Appoints New Sales Positions
Cloudveil has named James Samuel to a new position, Director of Global Sales, while Ned Hutchinson assumes North American Sales Management responsibilities…
YogaDirect Becomes Preferred Yoga Supplier for Lady of America
YogaDirect.com is teaming up with the Lady of America Franchise Corporation, one of the largest influences in women’s fitness in North America…
NSGA: 2008 Sporting Goods Sales Reach $53.4 Billion
In spite of a 16% surge in shooting sports equipment, retail sales of sporting goods (footwear, clothing and equipment), which reached a record $53.5 billion in 2007, fell 1% in 2008 to $53.4 billion, according to the just released National Sporting Goods
Broder Bros. Completes Financial Restructuring
Broder Bros. Co., which distributes Anvil, Fruit of the Loom, Gildan, Hanes, Jerzees, adidas Golf and Champion product, has completed its previously-announced financial restructuring through the settlement of its private exchange offer…
SIA: Snow Sports Sales Dropped 4.4% in 2008-09 Season
According to SIA's recently released Retail Audit, snow sports market sales declined 4.4% in dollars and 2% in units for the 2008/09 season. This season brought in a total of $2.82 billion compared to last season’s $2.95 billion in sales. Current sea
Foot Locker Inc. Sees Better than Expected Q1 Results
Foot Locker, Inc. saw their first quarter financial results come in better than expected going into the period, but they see the external forces impacting retail remaining “quite challenging” – at least in the near term. The world’s-largest-athletic-foot
Jim Gerson Named President,Reef-Americas
Reef, which is part of VF Corp., appointed of Jim Gerson, currently vice president of Apparel at The North Face, as president of Reef-Americas. In his new role, Jim will be responsible for developing the product line and brand strategy for the Reef brand
Hibbett Sports Sees Strong Footwear Focus Net Strong Bottom Line Results for Q1
Hibbett Sports got a boost from strong early sell-through of footwear and accessories and benefited from slightly higher overall average selling prices to post a fairly solid first quarter, but trends slowed at the end of the period as the small market re
JJB Sports Posts Steep Loss in 2008
JJB Sports posted a net loss of £167.6 million ($264.6 million) for the fiscal year ended January 25, compared with a profit of £9.6 million ($15.3 million) for the prior year. The latest year reflects a charge of £171.7 million ($273.5 million) due to st
Mizuno Fiscal Year Net Dips as Sales Decline
Mizuno reported that total consolidated net sales declined 6.9% to ¥162.0 billion ($1.62 bn) for the fiscal year ended March 31, compared to net sales of ¥174.0 billion ($1.53 bn) in the prior year. Operating income fell 63.0% to ¥2.91 billion ($29 mm) i
Golfsmith Acquires Rights to MacGregor Golf
Golfsmith International Holdings, Inc. has acquired full intellectual property rights to the MacGregor Golf brand throughout North and South America, Europe, Australia/New Zealand and Africa. New MacGregor products will be available as soon as Holiday 200
Sports, Inc. Industry Grants Total $430,000
Since 1997, Sports, Inc. has invested $430,000 through its membership across the United States to fund sports related facilities and programs. The funding program, which is called the “Sporting Chance Award”, is given each year to two the Sports, Inc. me
PacSun Narrows Q1 Loss, Exceeds Estimates Despite Double-Digit Comp Decline
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. narrowed it first quarter loss while handily exceeding the very conservative forecasts of most analysts. PSUN management said expense management and inventory control were the primary contributors to minimizing damage
Foot Locker Opens First CCS Store
Foot Locker opened its first CCS store in the first quarter in Santa Monica, CA. A second store will open at Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus, N.J., on June 5. Speaking last week at Foot Locker's annual meeting, Matt Serra, the company's chai
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